Ending the Uniparty by Restoring Regular Order

Casting aside “Regular Order” was essential to the rise of the unaccountable administrative state and the near-sovereignty of lobbyists and bureaucrats. Here's what it means and what to do about it.

Angelo Codevilla's The Ruling Class is the best available (and yet perhaps shortest) exposition on how the leadership of the two parties "go native" upon reaching Washington, and what the rest of us -- "the Country Class" -- can do about it. I literally keep a short stack of these books on my desk to give away. You need to read it, and to read this article. -- RDM

by Angelo Codevilla
July 26, 2017

The Republican congressional leadership’s failure to repeal Obamacare has led to suggestions that, perhaps, they should have approached their task through “Regular Order.”

Since Congress has not operated under “Regular Order” at all since 2006, and with decreasing frequency in the decades before that, many may be excused for not knowing what these procedures are. Far from being arcane ephemera, they are the indispensable catalyst that makes American government responsible to the people.

Casting aside “Regular Order” was essential to the rise of the unaccountable administrative state and the near-…